Evaluation of a nutrition innovation in secondary school home economics education

The impact of a nutrition innovation, 'Foodstyles: perspectives on food for people' (BC Dairy Foundation, 1978), on the teaching practices of secondary school home economics educators in British Colombia, was evaluated. Teacher use of the Foodstyles program was the criterion used for evaluating its impact. Research questions were designed to determine how teachers use Foodstyles, whether those who use it accept its rationale, what factors influence teachers in their use of the program, and the value of Foodstyles in nutrition education practice. Implications from the results may be of value to nutrition educators elsewhere.